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Meanwhile, other event participants bemoan a peculiar market characteristic wherein companies choose short-cycle borrowings over long-term bonds even for long-term needs.

While multilateral agencies have long invested along ESG lines, the first green bond in Kazakhstan and private equity demand in Uzbekistan show that it is going mainstream.

Continued infrastructure investment from multilaterals, especially that linked to the training of women, is helping Tajikistan develop a future for tourism, but international investors remain wary to say the least.

Asia’s green finance infrastructure is falling behind the rest of the world. The region must start building sustainable green financial centres now.

Will Vietnam’s growing domestic private sector help or hinder it to avoid a middle-income trap?

Two of the world’s largest development lenders kick-start 2019 with a combined $95 million investment in AC Energy’s inaugural $410 million certified climate bond, listed on the Singapore exchange.

The city state wants to be at the forefront of green financing in Asia. But could it do more to help the region catch up with Europe?

The role played by the Communist Party committees inside Chinese companies remains murky. Some foreign investors don't even know that they exist.

It has been a long time coming, but an inaugural international bond issue from Bangladesh is being stitched together and in green to boot.